134: Chapter 134 evoked the boy's fear of being dominated.

Interpersonal relationships are sometimes very simple.

See, because of last night's singing, tonight, as night fell, everyone coincidentally gathered again at Camping Spot 38, carrying their things.

Soon, cheerful singing echoed across the campsite once again.

Clearly, tonight would be another sleepless night.

Equally sleepless was that mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and grandson trio at the Jingjiang Donghu Garden Residential Area, 17th Floor, Unit 3... no, at this moment, it should be four people.

Due to the haunting on the night of the 6th, on the 7th—the day Chen Sheng and An Xiaonuan embarked on their trip—the three who had spent the night in the hospital finally dragged themselves into their home at 12 noon.

The Old Woman had specifically chosen this time, as she put it, because the midday 'yang' energy is sufficient, and there are no taboos.

Sure enough, as soon as they stepped into the house, a wave of scorching hot air rushed toward them.

(This was because the group responsible for checking the room last night had opened the window and forgotten to close it; in the middle of August at noon, all the heat had accumulated in the room, and as soon as the door was opened, it immediately created a convection pattern.)

However, the Old Woman didn't understand this, so she smiled and said to Yan He beside her, "I'll go to Master Wang's place in a while to request a few house-suppressing talismans. I guarantee they'll drive out every ghost, big or small."

At this point, the Old Woman's expression suddenly twisted, and her voice became shrill. Gritting her teeth, she said, "No, I can't request too many. Just one. As long as they are driven out of our house, that's enough. It would be best if they pay a visit to everyone around us one by one."

She was a very vindictive person.

She had kept the ugly faces of those who had bullied her last night firmly in her mind. Once she found the time, she would see if she couldn't extort them and be done with it.

"Right! Mom, you should request fewer, and then ask for a few peace talismans for us to carry on our persons," Yan He reminded her.

"I have it under control." Just then, the Old Woman slapped her thigh hard. "Oh! I almost forgot. Yan'er, hurry and call the Landlord. Tell him to come over immediately. Renting us a house like this—he's truly a heartless wretch, completely lacking in virtue; he'll have a son with no..."

After the Old Woman finished her smooth sequence of curses, Yan He nodded in agreement. "I'll call him right now. No wonder the rent was so cheap. I thought the Landlord was a good person, but it turns out there are dirty things in the house. We must make him compensate us."

"Right, he must compensate us." The Old Woman paced back and forth in the living room with her eyes gleaming, then suddenly stopped and clapped her hands. "Call Yan Hes Husband and have him come back. This time, I'm going to get back everything with interest."

After wolfing down a few bites of lunch, the Old Woman headed straight out. Meanwhile, Yan He first called her man, then immediately called the Landlord. After informing him of the supernatural events from last night, she firmly demanded that the Landlord refund the rent and deposit, and cover all expenses for the period they were looking for a new place.

At the same time, she also demanded compensation for medical expenses, nutritional fees, mental distress, and other costs, totaling 84,635.60 yuan.

As for this figure, in Yan He's words, she hadn't just opened her mouth wide to make a demand; it was a figure calculated by professionals.

She also demanded that the Landlord pay within three days; otherwise, she would take measures including, but not limited to, calling the police and filing a lawsuit to protect her legal rights.

As for why Yan He was so experienced? Yan He: "It's just because I'm skilled at it!"

On the other side, after receiving this call, the Landlord of 17th Floor, Unit 3 felt his head buzzing.

How did a perfectly fine house become a haunted house? His first reaction was disbelief, his second was still disbelief, and his third was disbelief once more.

After all, he had lived here before, but later moved to a bigger house. In the last two years, due to the general economic climate, housing prices had dropped significantly compared to previous years, so he rented it out because selling would be a loss.

And yet... "Good grief! This is a case of professional extortion." The more the Landlord thought, the angrier he got. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Fine, fine, fine. There is a path to heaven, but you choose not to take it, and instead, you insist on breaking into hell."

He decided he had to give this family a taste of some authentic Shu City native shock.

He immediately took out his phone and started calling for backup.

"Cousin, do you have time tomorrow? Accompany me to the Jingjiang Donghu Garden Residential Area. A tenant is causing trouble."

"Great-aunt, have you eaten? Tomorrow I'll pick you up to go to my old house. Someone is using their age to bully others."

"Third Uncle, didn't I rent out my old house earlier? Well, I ran into an eccentric client who said the house is haunted and demanded 100,000 in compensation right off the bat."

"Alright, alright, alright. Then I'll meet you all at the old house tomorrow."

Just as the Landlord was calling for backup, Yan He was busy applying a beautiful makeup look to cover up the dark circles caused by not resting well the night before.

Then, carrying her leather bag, she walked out of the house and headed straight for the largest JiaLe Supermarket nearby.

Arriving at the supermarket, Yan He went straight to the fresh food section. She bought three catties of live prawns that she had previously been reluctant to buy, high-quality steak, 5A-grade fragrant rice, premium flour...

All these things she had previously been reluctant to buy were all taken care of today.

Anyway, the Landlord was paying for it.

As for whether the Landlord would refuse to pay? When the time came, she would just have her mother-in-law and son lie on the ground, and with her man coming back tomorrow, she didn't believe anyone would choose the former when faced with a choice between medical expenses and living expenses.

As for why she only bought daily necessities? This was Yan He's cleverness.

Buying other things might be judged as extortion, but who doesn't use daily necessities every day? Besides, buying them doesn't mean you can't sell them.

In the evening, Yan He rarely cooked a large, sumptuous meal. Everyone had a smile on their faces, especially the Naughty Child, who was laughing the happiest.

Originally, because of what happened last night, he had been acting out after school and didn't want to come home, but his mom and grandma had promised to buy him toys. With the toys, the Naughty Child had long since thrown the ghost and everything else to the back of his mind.

Even when he returned home and saw the table full of his favorite dishes, he felt like he was in heaven today, and asked expectantly, "Mom, Grandma, will the ghost come again tonight?"

At this moment, he felt that the ghost wasn't as terrifying as his grandma and mom said. On the contrary, the ghost was his lucky star. If possible, when he grew up, he would definitely raise a "ghost" so that he could get whatever he wanted.

However, when the time reached late at night, just as the Naughty Child was lying in bed listening to the Old Woman reading a bedtime story from a book, a silvery, bell-like laughter suddenly rang in his ears.

"Hahaha~~ Come catch me!"

"Heehee~ I've hidden. Come find me! If you find me, I'll give you my~~~" The voice reached this point and suddenly shifted from light to sinister, "If you can't find me, I'll~~~ eat you! Heehee~~"

"Ah~" The Naughty Child, who had been drowsy from the story, suddenly opened his eyes wide. He quickly scrambled up, jumped off the bed, ran straight to the wardrobe, pushed open the wardrobe door, and shouted, "Are you hiding in here?"

Seeing that no one was in the wardrobe, the Naughty Child, unwilling to give up, used his hands to rummage through all the clothes that the Old Woman had folded neatly inside. While rummaging, he shouted, "Are you hiding here? Come out now!"

The Old Woman nearby quickly put down the storybook and asked, "Good Grandson, what's wrong with you?"

The Naughty Child cried out, "Grandma, someone just told me to find them, and if I couldn't find them, they would eat me. Wuwu, I don't want to be eaten."

Some might say the Naughty Child's reaction was exaggerated, but it really wasn't. I believe anyone who has raised children has had similar experiences. When a child is disobedient, adults will subconsciously say things like, "If you cry again, the wolf grandma will carry you away," or "If you make a fuss again, I'll call Uncle A-Jun who specializes in collecting children and have him take you away."

Over time, whenever similar words were spoken, the child wouldn't dare to be naughty again.

It just so happened that whenever the Naughty Child was disobedient, Yan He often kept words like "If you don't behave, I'll throw you to Grandpa's house and let the wild beasts in the mountains behind carry you away or eat you" on her lips, so much so that when the Naughty Child heard similar words, he would have an instinctive reaction.

No... to be more accurate, it evoked the Naughty Child's fear of being controlled.

Originally, An Xiaonuan had arranged the ghost stories just thinking about diversifying the types, hoping one would suit them. As it turned out, it was a case of a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse.

"What?" Hearing her Good Grandson's words, the Old Woman felt a chill run down her back, and her legs began to tremble uncontrollably. Her face, which had turned rosy from the big meal in the evening, turned deathly pale in an instant.

The Old Woman swallowed hard and managed to squeeze out a smile, "Good Grandson, there's no one talking here. You must be dreaming. Hurry back to bed and don't catch a cold."